AU2001239964A1 - Circumferential pulmonary vein ablation using a laser and fiberoptic balloon catheter - Google Patents

Circumferential pulmonary vein ablation using a laser and fiberoptic balloon catheter

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AU2001239964A1
AU2001239964A1 AU2001239964A AU3996401A AU2001239964A1 AU 2001239964 A1 AU2001239964 A1 AU 2001239964A1 AU 2001239964 A AU2001239964 A AU 2001239964A AU 3996401 A AU3996401 A AU 3996401A AU 2001239964 A1 AU2001239964 A1 AU 2001239964A1
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fiberoptic
laser
balloon catheter
pulmonary vein
vein ablation
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Ronald D. Berger
Nathaniel Fried
Henry R. Halperin
Albert C. Lardo
Arkadiy Tsitlik
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